Riffsy Appoints Omar H. Téllez to Its Executive Advisor Board
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SAN FRANCISCO & NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Riffsy (www.riffsy.com), the mobile-first video company behind the leading GIF and short video communication tool, GIF Keyboard, today announced that it has appointed Omar H. Téllez to its executive advisor board to guide their global expansion across different messaging platforms. Riffsy attracts more than 5 billion monthly mobile GIF and video views and recently raised a $10M Series A from Menlo Ventures. "Omars vision and guidance has enabled other companies like Moovit (Sequoia, Nokia Ventures), Solomoto (Blumberg) and Synchronoss (NASDAQ: SNCR) to secure strategic areas of hyper growth globally,” said Riffsy co-founder and CEO, David McIntosh. “As we prepare for our next phase of growth, we wanted to secure proven expertise to advise us globally.” "The explosive growth of messaging applications like WhatsApp, WeChat, QQ, and Viber, among others, has proven that messaging will be the first universal app for humanity,” said Omar H. Téllez. It’s building a visual language of video that taps into the global consciousness and is personalized by the interests and aspirations of the individual.